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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2581">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
unlink - call the 
<i><a href="../xsh/unlink.html">unlink()</a></i>
function
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2582">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
<pre><code>

unlink <i>file</i>
</code>
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2583">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>unlink</i>
utility performs the function call:
<pre>
<code>
unlink(<i>file</i>);
</code>
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<p>
A user may need appropriate privilege to invoke the
<i>unlink</i>
utility.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2584">&nbsp;</a>OPTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2585">&nbsp;</a>OPERANDS</h4><blockquote>
The following operands are supported:
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<dt><i>file</i><dd>The pathname of an existing file.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2586">&nbsp;</a>STDIN</h4><blockquote>
Not used.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2587">&nbsp;</a>INPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
Not used.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2588">&nbsp;</a>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h4><blockquote>
The following environment variables affect the execution of
<i>unlink</i>:
<dl compact>

<dt><i>LANG</i><dd>Provide a default value for the internationalization
variables that are unset or null.
If
<i>LANG</i>
is unset or null, the corresponding value from the
implementation-dependent default locale will be used.
If any of the internationalization variables contain an invalid setting,
the utility will behave as if none of the variables had been set.

<dt><i>LC_ALL</i><dd>If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of
all the other internationalization variables.

<dt><i>LC_CTYPE</i><dd>
Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of
bytes of text data as characters (for example, single- as
opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments).

<dt><i>LC_MESSAGES</i><dd>
Determine the locale that should be used to affect
the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to
standard error.

<dt><i>NLSPATH</i><dd>
Determine the location of message catalogues for the
processing of
<i>LC_MESSAGES .
</i>
</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2589">&nbsp;</a>ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2590">&nbsp;</a>STDOUT</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2591">&nbsp;</a>STDERR</h4><blockquote>
Used only for diagnostic messages.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2592">&nbsp;</a>OUTPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2593">&nbsp;</a>EXTENDED DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2594">&nbsp;</a>EXIT STATUS</h4><blockquote>
The following exit values are returned:
<dl compact>

<dt> 0<dd>Successful completion.

<dt>&gt;0<dd>An error occurred.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2595">&nbsp;</a>CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2596">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2597">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2598">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_2599">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="link.html">link</a></i>,
<i><a href="rm.html">rm</a></i>,
the <b>XSH</b> specification description of
<i><a href="../xsh/unlink.html">unlink()</a></i>.
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